Greta Turns 2 Video!

Brian has been working to catch up on our family videos. This is a video of when Greta turned 2. It is sweet to see Nana in the video.

January 2020

Thursday night we went out on a date with some of our dearest friends. Erik and Angela set up the date at the Freehouse in the North Loop for all of us. We ate in little warm "snow globes" outside. It was a beautiful time with friends!

Eric and Anna Vest, Erik and Angela Wellman, Brian and I, and Shane and Anna Long

Autumn babysat the kids for us and they made up a bowling game with the wooden blocks.

Pictures on Greta's horse!

Greta is excited to be Auntie Kristi's flower girl!

We made some yummy cake batter sprinkled popcorn for New Years Day!

Sweet Greta

Watch out!

The other day I asked Eli who his best friend is, and right away he answered, my brother. Asa gave him the biggest hug! They play so well together.

 All three of them love each other and they play well together. 

 Everyday I am reminded how very blessed I am.

We had a fun and a rather stressful time cheering the Vikings on to victory in a close play off game with the Saints last Sunday.

We are loving homeschool and our time with our friends at our Thursday co-ops! The boys are learning how to play basketball.

Asa and Greta are building with our math blocks in our school room.

Brian and the kids being silly this morning!

The kids completed their first 300 piece puzzle! They enjoy putting puzzles together. 

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year! We are ready for 2020! Yesterday it was snowing and we thought it would be pretty to get a family picture in the snow. 

Greta is wearing the cute sweater that I wore as a girl!

Merry Christmas!

 We had a beautiful Christmas celebration of Jesus coming to earth as Immanuel God with us. We celebrated Christmas Eve with the Meyer side of the family in the afternoon at Papa's house and then we celebrated with the Bossany side of the family at our house in the evening. 

On Christmas morning the kids woke up to find their new Christmas pajamas outside their door for them to put on. Then they woke us up and we all went downstairs to start our Christmas morning while it was still dark outside! I love the wonder and excitement of Christmas morning. I remember it clearly from when I was a child and now I get to see through the eyes of my kids. 

For Christmas this year we knew that we needed to do something different. The afternoon of Christmas Day we flew out to California to see where David lives and where he works. It was neat to see the California Condors up close and stay at the bunkhouse. The next day we enjoyed driving to the ocean and staying at a hotel in San Simeon right on the beach. We got to watch the sunset on the beach and we ate out at a delicious restaurant near the beach. We drove up highway 1 to take in the breathtaking ocean views and we were able to see elephant seals up close. Mom always loved the Pacific Ocean.

Sunset on the beach!

All four siblings together!

It was wonderful to spend time with grandma and family out in San Jose. We had another Celebration of Life gathering for mom with her side of the family. It was great to have them all join us for the day.

While we were gone, Ben came over to go sledding with Brian and the kids!

It was a beautiful trip and it was a great coming home to Brian and the kids!